The Long Wait

Photo: The hazy look in my eyes after 20+ hours of travel and no sleep.

Could there be a more miserable time than the 5-hour wait in the Lima airport pending a flight to Arequipa? You arrive in Lima at around 12-midnihgt . . . and then, depending upon the time it takes to get through immigration and customs - you wait.

The wait is just long enough that you get a little stir-crazy waiting at the airport, but not so long that you can leave and go to a hotel. After 22+ hours of travel (and no sleep) - the wait seems to drag on forever!